Xanadu DVD 4.0 to bluray

[Doctor M]

Finally got a chance to listen to these tracks side by side and phew.
The new DTS-HD MA sounds flat. It's smoother, sure, but the 4.0 track sounds like it was actually recorded in the environments where the people are talking and not a studio like the Blu-ray.

Best of all, the 4.0 DD track has crisper high frequencies. No contest, I like the DVD audio track better. Thanks uVSthem.

Interesting that the DTS track has the artifact of being mixed near a CRT monitor and the DVD track doesn't.



Edit: Just listened to "Dancin'". Um, the 4.0 track sounds like there is a drummer behind you who is out of sync with the song. Weird.

[Doctor M]

Speaking of musicals, Kino Lorber Studio Classics has set Robert Greenwald’s Xanadu (1980) for 4K Ultra HD release on 8/19!

KL pretty much always releases untouched, non-upmixed audio tracks. Fingers crossed.
I really like the 4.0 mix, but there are some weird rear surround things that seem out of place that are missing from the 5.1 mix.

[uVSthem]

Has KL released 70mm non split surround 6 track audio before? I think they only release original mixes if they are mono or stereo.

[Doctor M]

Has KL released 70mm non split surround 6 track audio before? I think they only release original mixes if they are mono or stereo.

I have no idea. I'm just never know if their audio tracks are them being cheap or more original.

[Doctor M]

Curious if anyone has had the chance to compare this track with the Kino Lorber 4k BD's release that supposedly has the same 4.0 in higher quality.